Jane Eyre adaptations
Attempt of a complete list of video adaptations of Charlotte Brontë's novel's "Jane Eyre"
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- DirectorTheodore MarstonStarsMarie ElineGloria GallopFrank Hall CraneLeft a penniless orphan at 14, Jane Eyre is adopted by her uncle, who has ample means to provide for her and also loves her dearly. Her uncle's family considers her an intruder and do all in their power to prevent her from becoming a full member of their family, but during his lifetime she receives some degree of kindness and consideration. Unfortunately, he dies and leaves her without a friend in the world and his unfeeling widow sends her to a badly-run orphan asylum. Five years later she leaves the asylum to accept the position of governess to Lord Rochester's little niece, daughter of his late brother. Her mother has become insane and is living in Lord Rochester's home under his protection. Jane is engaged by Lord Rochester's housekeeper during his absence from home, and her first meeting with her employer is both exciting and romantic. She is sitting by the edge of the road reading when Lord Rochester rides up to his ancestral home. The sight of his huge dog, coming upon her suddenly, so startles Jane that she jumps to her feet, causing Lord Rochester's horse to shy and throw it rider. He injures his ankle, and has to be assisted to remount "the little witch," as he calls her, who is the cause of his accident. That same evening in his home, he is surprised to find that "the little witch" of his adventure is living in his house as his niece's governess. Jane's rich relations, the Reeds, visit Lord Rochester, and persistently insult and humiliate her by treating her like a servant. Lord Rochester, however, is not blind to her sweetness, nor to the cruelty of her cousin, who is trying to win Lord Rochester's hand and fortune. One evening the maniac escapes from her nurse and sets fire to the room in which Lord Rochester has fallen asleep. He is saved from a horrible death by Jane. When next Jane's haughty aunt and cousins call on Lord Rochester, they are just in time to be introduced to his bride, who is none other than the despised Jane Eyre.
- A great mystery surrounds the Squire of Chester; ever since the Squire returned from his many years' sojourn abroad, his place has been partially closed; never is the house brilliant with entertaining; in fact, it is seldom that anyone save the occupants of the house, and the servants, cross the threshold; the Squire and his little niece live in absolute loneliness. For no one but the owner himself, and one or two trusted servants, knows that part of the grim old mansion shelters a poor degraded creature, hopelessly mad, the Squire's wife! The Squire is most unhappy; he is bound forever to a woman who does not know him, who would tear him to pieces in a fit of madness, were lie to approach her, and he has fallen in love with the beautiful instructress of his young niece. At last, determining to take matters into his own hands, the Squire offers marriage to the young lady, and she, being ignorant of the existence of the mad woman, consents. Somehow or other, it is borne upon the dull mind of the mad woman of Chester that she has a rival, and she seeks to revenge herself. Evading her keepers, one night, she steals to the room of her husband, and sets fire to the bed; in a few moments, the whole building is in flames. The household is aroused, and the Squire works hard to save everyone, even his mad wife, but she makes her way to the roof, and in one of her wildest fits, hurls herself to death from the very highest point. The Squire sustains serious injuries from his endeavors to aid and rescue the occupants of his home; in fact, he is maimed for life. Seeing his deplorable condition, and loving him with all her heart, the governess, having learned the whole truth forgives the Squire the wrong he would have done her, and consents to marry him, and be his nurse and comfort all her life.
- DirectorFrank Hall CraneStarsEthel GrandinIrving CummingsJohn McCabeJane, left an orphan in the Reed family, is unhappy. Under the harsh treatment of her foster parents the child grows delicate and the doctor orders her away. She is sent to the orphan home and there grows up to girlhood. Next she is sent to Rochester's home, where she is governess to his young ward, Adele. Many times during the night she is disturbed by strange noises. Time goes on and she learns to love her young master. He. in turn, loves her and his proposal of marriage is accepted. It is the wedding eve before Jane comes face-to-face with the origin of the strange noises: it is a crazy woman. This woman is the wife of Rochester and has been held captive in the upper part of his home for years. The crazy wife attempts to burn Rochester to death. Jane saves him. Rochester confesses all, declaring that the woman she has seen was forced upon him by his parents. While Jane would forgive, she declares herself unable to stay longer in his household; that all is over between them. The night that Jane leaves, the mad wife again escapes from her room and again sets fire to the house. She rushes to the roof. Rochester attempts to save her. Jane, looking back, has seen the fire. Rushing up, she asks about her lover. The mad wife jumps from the roof and dies. Jane enters the burning house and manages to save Rochester. He is made blind. It is Jane's loving hands that guide him through life.
- DirectorMartin FaustStarsAlberta RoyLisbeth BlackstoneJohn CharlesAfter a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house, to care for his young daughter.
- After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house, to care for his young daughter.
- DirectorTravers ValeStarsLouise ValeFranklin RitchieGretchen HartmanAfter a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house, to care for his young daughter.
- DirectorRiccardo TolentinoStarsValentina FrascaroliDillo LombardiFernanda SinimberghiAfter a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house, to care for his young daughter.
- DirectorEdward JoséStarsAlice BradyElliott DexterHelen GreeneAfter a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house, to care for his young daughter.
- DirectorHugo BallinStarsNorman TrevorMabel BallinCrauford KentAfter a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house, to care for his young daughter.
- DirectorCurtis BernhardtStarsEvelyn HoltOlaf FønssDina DiercksAfter a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house, to care for his young daughter.
- DirectorChristy CabanneStarsVirginia BruceColin CliveBeryl MercerA meek governess and her mysterious employer strike up a romantic relationship.
- StarsDorothy HamiltonCurigwen LewisReginald TateAfter a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house, to care for his young daughter.
- DirectorRobert StevensonStarsOrson WellesJoan FontaineMargaret O'BrienAfter a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house, to care for his young daughter.
- StarsMarie AultWilliam Fraser BrunnerMarian ChapmanAfter a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house, to care for his young daughter.
- StarsPamela AlanMichael AshwinMarie AultJane Eyre arrives at Thornfield Hall to take up her post as governess to the ward of Mr. Rochester.
- DirectorFranklin J. SchaffnerStarsMary SinclairCharlton HestonViola RoacheAfter a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house, to care for his young daughter.
- DirectorRichard DunlapStarsJohn BaragreyKathleen CrowleyAmy DouglassA meek governess and her mysterious employer strike up a romantic relationship.
- DirectorR.C. TalwarStarsMadhubalaDilip KumarDara Singh RandhawaA loose adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's classic, Jane Eyre. In this version childhood sweethearts are separated and grow up in different worlds. The girl is brought up to be a 'pujaaran' (priestess) while the boy grows up to be a dejected 'thakur', turned vindictive by life's injustices. Fate inevitably brings them together at a later juncture, and all seems happy and perfect for the young couple, until she discovers his deep, dark secret.
- DirectorJack GageStarsKatharine BardEva Leonard BoyneHamish CochraneAfter a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house to care for his young daughter.
- DirectorLawrence MenkinStarsLawrence MenkinJan SherwoodAfter a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house to care for his young daughter.
- After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house, to care for his young daughter.
- StarsDaphne SlaterStanley BakerDorothy BlackAfter a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house, to care for his young daughter.
- DirectorChun YenStarsDai LinChun YenHan Hsiang Li
- StarsRaf ValloneIlaria OcchiniMargherita BagniAfter a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house, to care for his young daughter.